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Ragnarok Online Malaya Philippines Map Details

A recent update at the Korean Ragnarok Online Sakray server has revealed that a map based on the Philippines called Malaya has finally been incorporated into the game. Ragnarok Online’s Malaya Map (Malaya being the filipino word for Freedom) has a classic turn of the century Spanish-Filipino design with some very familiar elements such as Jose Rizal’s monument and Corregidor Island.

Disclaimer: All information in this post are unconfimed information and should be treated as such until an official statement by Gravity Inc. and or Level Up! Games who publishes Ragnarok Online in the Philippines

Expect to see Ragnarok Online’s version of Filipino monsters around the field maps with levels from 100-150. The MVP monster for Malaya map is still unknown but the new monsters are named and modeled according to Philippine folklore as evidenced from the patch files:

Filipinos familiar with the list above may see and realize one type of monster not included in Filipine folk tales, but is instead a portmanteau of the humble Poring species and the local subculture known as “Jejemons.” How the Jejeling looks like is still best left to our imagination… at least until the sprite is revealed in the next update.

Further inspection of the patch data also reveals that Malaya bears the map “job_ko.” This new map is presumed to be the job change map for the Ninja’s second class: Kagero and Oboro. Skill names for the Kagero and Oboro are listed below, sans the descriptions of course:

KO = Both Kagerou/Oboro can use it.
KG = Only Kagerou can use it.
OB = Only Oboro can use it.

Also, Check out the Philippines inspired Malaya map exclusive items and equips below along with their corresponding functions/descriptions. Most of the equips are modeled after the pre-Spanish gears and fashions of Filipino ancestors.